Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
grabs up a bucket of water and splashes it all over the Scarecrow. It puts out the fire, but it
also wets down the Witch. Dorothy had no intention of killing the Witch, didn't even realize
water would make her melt, but has killed her just the same. Death was in the room, and
Dorothy merely deflected it onto another victim.
But the Witch does not just go "poof " and disappear. Her death is protracted, agonizing, and
pathetic. "Oh, my beautiful wickedness! What a world, what a world!" By the time it's over
you feel sorry for the Witch, and have had a real taste of death.
Our heroes have gone face-to-face with death and can walk away to tell about it. After
a moment o f being stunned, they are elated. T h e y go on to reap the consequences of
defying death, in the next step: Reward, or Seizing the Sword.
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